There is no better time than the New Year to set some career goals and invest time in your learning and development. According to career skills website, Mind Tools, goal setting is an important method of:
- Deciding what is important for you to achieve in your life
- Motivating yourself to achieve
- Building your self-confidence based on measured achievement of goals
Visit Mind Tools online at http://www.mindtools.com/page6.html for tips on setting SMART goals that will help you achieve more in your personal and professional life.
Once you’ve thought about the skills or knowledge gaps you want to fill this year, take a look at the CIPR Spring/Summer training programme online at www.cipr.co.uk/workshops
This comprehensive training programme runs from February – July and covers a wide range of topics at various levels, providing learning and development opportunities for practitioners at all stages of their careers.
From selling-in your stories, social media and planning PR campaigns, to effective networking, account management and psychology in PR – there really is something to meet even the most specific training needs.
What’s more - if you are not based in London - there are an increased number of workshops taking place in Scotland, Manchester and Birmingham this Spring… so if travelling to London makes training difficult, see what’s happening a little closer to home.
The CIPR is big on professional development and if you are a CIPR member, you may be participating in CPD - the CIPR’s professional development scheme – www.cipr.co.uk/cpd If you are signed up, did you know that attendance at a CIPR workshop counts as a valuable seven hours worth of CPD time!
If you are not a CIPR member – why not?! As a member, you’d make great savings on our training and events as well as receiving a host of other benefits.
For further information on training or membership, please visit www.cipr.co.uk
